Academic Vocabulary Acquisition Process through the Social Interaction of a JSL Student in a Music Class

Abstract

  This paper discusses the academic vocabulary acquisition process through the social interaction of a JSL student in a music class, based on the analysis of a music making lesson with the use of “Haiku” in a junior high school class. This paper analyzed the academic vocabulary acquisition process for the JSL (Japanese as a second language) student, who attends music lessons alongside the Japanese students in a special class. Transcript-based lesson analysis is the method of analysis employed.

  In conclusion, the academic vocabulary acquisition process for the JSL student in the music lesson has the following three characteristics. 1) Non-verbal stage ; 2) The stage of making use of a distinction between outer and inner resources ; and 3) The stage of giving significance to musical expression. Therefore, the social learning situations in which various students interact ,based upon the teacher's strategies form the basis for the academic vocabulary acquisition process for a JSL student.